Patrick Roy new head coach and VP of Hockey Operations: Colorado Avalanche

Just saw this on the news, lets hear your thoughts.

I personally like seeing him back in the fold where we'll be able to actually see him.

WOW

next thing you know, sakic brings in claude lemieux as an assistant coach haha

and Ray Bourque as defensive coach lol

lol his brother back peddled on his facebook posting and now he can't be reached so we will see, I'm not so sure if I want Roy coaching the Avs.

lol his brother back peddled on his facebook posting and now he can't be reached so we will see, I'm not so sure if I want Roy coaching the Avs.

I'd much rather have Tippett than Roy. On the bright side, if Roy does end up being our coach at least we will have a full time goalie coach for Varly. Our part time coach Kirk McLean left a couple weeks ago.

Apparently he's waiting to see if the Avs will be able to spend for some decent player before agreeing.

i like that though

pinkeye you are right we would have full time goalie coach, but Varly so far hasn't shown that he is good under pressure. How would it be with St. Patrick over his shoulder?

pinkeye you are right we would have full time goalie coach, but Varly so far hasn't shown that he is good under pressure. How would it be with St. Patrick over his shoulder?

I don't think it's fair to judge Varly based on what he has done and what he hasn't done so far. Our defense is atrocious and don't forget Varly is our long term gamble. He's still really young I don't want to give up on him yet just because he hasn't been lights out.

Im not saying give up on him I love varly it was just an assessment of his play so far. Even though his defense hss been atrocious I have seen him give up many questionable goals but he is still developing.

Yeah he's still developing so I'll let those iffy ones slide especially the 10 goals (exaggeration) or so he let in in the first minute in games this year. It doesn't help a young goalie's confidence when the defense has more holes than swiss cheese and Matt Hunwick plays 26 minutes a night.

i hate the fact hunwick played so much, he drove me nuts.

Its now official, he's the new VP of hockey operations and head coach.

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=423850

I hope he is the right choice!

thats weird i thought sakic was vp of hockey operations? two different titles?

yeah he was...is?!?!?!?

executive vp

My favorite thing about Roy as head coach is now players like Jones and Stastny won't be able to take games off without having to feel the wrath of Roy.

yup, I'm interested to see what happens to Jones under Roy's regime.